OWE validator now shows base fare
Apr 26, 2006 | 6:41 am
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OWE validator now shows base fare
I've recently modified the Oneworld Explorer itinerary validator tool to display the base fare for purchase in the country of origin. The fare will be displayed in the originating country's currency and US$ (using the spot exchange rate as of today, the exchange rates aren't pulled dynamically yet).
http://jph.bytestacker.com/award.htm
http://jph.bytestacker.com/award.htm
Apr 26, 2006 | 9:10 am
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Hauteboy, that is a great tool. Fantastic job. One correction you might want to implement. I believe the current rules allow two entries into Europe if one is a transit without stopover from Ghana, Nigeria or Kenya. The validator kicked out nbo-lon-hkg-nyc-lon-nbo, citing that you're only allowed that routing if Ghana or Nigeria was involved. I think it just needs to be updated to include Kenya.
Apr 26, 2006 | 9:27 am
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
Are the fares you use "today's", or an older data base?
http://www.hardlink.net/~markdu/OWFi...orerFares.html
I wasn't sure if this is the latest.
Thanks for the new Kenya rule, I will add this as well.
Apr 26, 2006 | 9:59 am
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Unfortunately that database is out of date. From sporadic reports, there was a round of price increases around 15 Apr, with some from popular starting places significant enough to remove them from the "popular" list.
(If there's a good samaritan with the latest numbers who needs but a little help formatting the data or something, I'm at your service.)
(If there's a good samaritan with the latest numbers who needs but a little help formatting the data or something, I'm at your service.)
Apr 26, 2006 | 11:16 am
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Most ex-Europe fares increased...
Originally Posted by JohnAx
Are the fares you use "today's", or an older data base?
Apr 26, 2006 | 6:29 pm
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
Unfortunately that database is out of date. From sporadic reports, there was a round of price increases around 15 Apr, with some from popular starting places significant enough to remove them from the "popular" list.
(If there's a good samaritan with the latest numbers who needs but a little help formatting the data or something, I'm at your service.)
(If there's a good samaritan with the latest numbers who needs but a little help formatting the data or something, I'm at your service.)
More here: Current Oneworld Explorer Star File.
I believe that since then there have been at least two price change events.
May 8, 2006 | 11:54 am
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Unfortunately I lost these changes when the host server crashed!
Still working on getting the validator back up; the backup server crashed as well and I'm having to recreate most of the tool.
Still working on getting the validator back up; the backup server crashed as well and I'm having to recreate most of the tool.
May 11, 2006 | 12:59 am
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Originally Posted by hauteboy
Unfortunately I lost these changes when the host server crashed!
Still working on getting the validator back up; the backup server crashed as well and I'm having to recreate most of the tool.
Still working on getting the validator back up; the backup server crashed as well and I'm having to recreate most of the tool.
May 11, 2006 | 3:30 pm
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Originally Posted by hauteboy
I've recently modified the Oneworld Explorer itinerary validator tool to display the base fare for purchase in the country of origin. The fare will be displayed in the originating country's currency and US$ (using the spot exchange rate as of today, the exchange rates aren't pulled dynamically yet).
http://jph.bytestacker.com/award.htm
http://jph.bytestacker.com/award.htm
May 11, 2006 | 4:00 pm
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See this thread.